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Outlander's Sam Heughan claims the Everest film with Ewan McGregor and Mark Strong will not go ahead for the foreseeable after schedule issues.
The Scots actor was meant to be shooting for Doug Liman’s movie Everest in the UK and Italy from January this year, however he has been in New Zealand for Men In Kilts and Ewan McGregor has also been on the set of Raymond and Ray.
The movie, written by Sheldon Turner, whose credits include Up In The Air, was inspired by Jeffrey Archer novel Paths Of Glory and in 2011, had Tom Hardy was attached to it.
McGregor takes the lead of George Mallory, who took part in the first three British expeditions to Mount Everest, beginning in 1921.
Strong plays Arthur Hinks of the Royal Geographic Society.
Dumfries-born Heughan was billed to play eccentric Australian rival George Finch.
However he revealed in a chat with Zoe Ball on Radio 2 on Tuesday morning that the movie is not happening - at the moment.
He told her: "So it just hit me where it hurts. We were supposed to be shooting this fantastic movie about Everest. Yeah, unfortunately, it's not happening at the moment.
"But who knows in the future it might. It's just schedules. No, that's fine. I'll just go and jump off a cliff right now, a very high Everest cliff."
The production lost its female lead Juno Temple, who was said to have temporarily shelved the project, and according to sources in Production Weekly filming should have begun in September.
Heughan meantime has talked about the new season six of Outlander, the virtual premiere of which will be streamed online across the globe on Friday ahead of the episode one on Sunday.
He said he feels lucky he doesn't have to wear a corset like some of the female stars on the series.
He added: "A lot
Sam Heughan has praised the 'incredible' Celine Dion as she makes her acting debut in his upcoming rom-com Text For You.
Outlander.” There’s a lot to love about the drama series, from its many period details to its super sexy scenes. In an apperance on Watch What Happens Live, Shields got an opportunity few fans have; she got to act out one of the show’s hottest scenes alongisde Sam Heughan, “Outlander’s” leading man.Why Brooke Shields was horrified when she first met Daniel Craig: ‘He looked at me like I was crazy’Brooke Shields surprises strangers with flowers in the streets of New York CityA post shared by Sam Heughan (@samheughan)As Andy Cohen prepped the audience, he explained that the scene Shields and Heughan were about to act belonged to season three, episode six. Shields, knowing what was coming, took a sip of her drink and said, “Bless me, Father, for I am about to sin.” Shields and Heughan acted in front of a green screen, trasporting them to the right setting.
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Love seems to be in the air for Sam Heughan! The 41-year-old actor was seen having a romantic outing with a mysterious new brunette woman while in New York City over the weekend. The Outlander actor locked lips with the beautiful new lady, while they were out to lunch at Soho’s Café Select in new photos, which you can see here, via Page Six. Sam and the mystery woman definitely seem like they have some sparks flying, while they struck up the new relationship.
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